clarification of the meaning of Zakat, saying: "As for Zakat, it is a mandate by His saying: {And establish prayer and give zakat} (Al-Baqarah 43)."

He also said regarding wealth: {And whatever you give in zakat, desiring the face of Allah—those are the multipliers} (Ar-Rum 39).

Zakat is in ten things: livestock, grains, fruits, spoils, treasures, and wealth. It is explained in the (Book of Jurisprudence [Fiqh]), so we need not explain their details. The (Book of Fiqh) is by Abu Shuaib. The zakat of wealth is one-quarter of a tenth every year; it is one from every forty dirhams. This is because Allah (Blessed and Exalted) made thirty-nine rich and made one poor. If the rich bring out the zakat of their wealth, that poor one catches up with them and becomes like one of them. There is nothing [required] below two hundred. Whoever brings out [the zakat] from his wealth, the whole of it becomes permissible, and there is no zakat upon him once he has paid its one-fifth [khums] for the rest of his life.

It was mentioned regarding wealth: praise, and growth, and growth, and esoteric, and outward

Whoever is provided with forty hadiths must give Zakat with one hadith

And regarding wealth, both praise and censure, inward and outward meanings have been narrated. Among them is the saying of the Commander of the Faithful [Ali]—peace be from him: "I am the wealth of the believers, and they have no zakat other than me."